Car-loader.



No. 703,473. P aAtented luly'l, |902.

J. L. ROBERTS.

CAR LOADER.

(Application filed Sept. 20, 1901.) (No Model.) 2 Streets-,Sheetv l.

No.' 703,473. Patented my 1902.-

J. L. ROBERTS. CAB LOADER.

v (Application med sept. 2'0, 1901.) l (No Mpdelz). 2 sheets-sheet 2.

WZ@ l hfmjqys UNITED "STATES,

PATENT O-EEILCE.

JAMES L.A ROBERTS, OF PONTIAC, ILLINOIS.

CAR-LOADER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 703,473, dated July 1, 1902.

Application filed September 20, 1901. Serial No. 75,896. (No model.)

T0 aZZ whom t Wray-concern:

Beit known that I, JAMES L. ROBERTS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pontiac, in the county of 'Livingston and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Oar- Loader, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an-improved car-loader, the` object of myinvention being to provide novel means for loading grain-cars, vessels, and the like from elevators, whereby the grain may be simultaneously and uniformly thrown to oppositeends of thecar or hold of the vessel and uniformly distributed therein.

My invention consists in the peculiar construction and combination and devices here` inafter set forth, and pointed out in the` claims. f

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a car-loader constructed in accordance with my invention and partly a sectional view of the same, the car-loader eing shown arranged inoperative position in a car. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of my improved car-loader, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a transversesection of thesame, taken on a plane indicated by the line c c of Fig. 2.

The supporting-frame 1 of my improved ear-loader is here shown as of rectangularV form and is of any suitable size and construction. At one end thereof, which I will callthe inner end, are a pair of hoppers' 2,. which are disposed side by side and which eX- tend transversely across the said frame 1.-` On the latter in the center thereof is supported a longitudinally disposed inclined chute 3, the lower end of which is disposed over the meeting sidesof the hoppersp2, the said chute beingY adapted to discharge intoj the said hoppers. In operation grain is supplied tothe said chute from an elevation or bin by gravity. Within the scope of myinvention, however, the grain may be fed to the chute or to the hoppers in anyV suitable manner-Sand byany suitable means.

A pair of shafts 4 are journaledinsuitable bearings 5, the said shafts being disposed longitudinallyon the frame 1. The said shafts extend through the hoppers 2 at points at or near the centers of the hoppers and are provided at their ends which project beyond the inner end of the frame 1 with revoluble `'and are closed at their outer ends. hoods are disposed onthe outer sides of the shovels G, each of which comprises an outer Vhead 7, an 'innerh'ead 8, and asuitable-nunl# ber of radially-disposed blades 9. The latter have their inner corners cutaway at their inner ends to form openings lO'aroundl the shafts/l, and the heads v8 are lprovided with central circular openings 11. The outer side walls 12pt the hoppers are provided with lspouts 13, which are preferably cylindrical' in form, and the said spouts project through the openings 11 and enter theopenings 10. The latter enable the grain to be readily discharged from the hoppers through the spouts 13. The hoppers are further provided with vertically-movable gates 14, which operate on the inner ends of'the spouts 13 andmay be adjusted to open the said spouts to any desired extent or to entirely close'the sameto cut off the discharge'of grain frornthev hoppers through the spouts, as will be under stood. j

Inoperation the shovels are revolved simultaneously in opposite directions, and'anyl suitable means may within the scope of my invention be employed to rotate thesaid shovels. I'show a power-shaft 15, which is journaled transversely with relation to the frame 1 and in bearings 16. The said shaft 15 has a fast pulley 17, a loose pulley 18, and is provided with beveled gear-wheels 19, which latter engage similar'pinions 2O on the shafts 4.

The Vblades 9 vof the revoluble shovels are curvedv or deflected at their outer portions, as

at l21, to increase the efficiency of the said blades in throwing thegrain'centrifugally therefrom. The saidrevoluble shovels oper- ,ate in hoods 22,'which are cylindrical inform The said hoppers'and areprovid'ed with circular flanges 23,"which areengagd by annular flanged plates 2 4, which are bolted or otherwise suitably secured onthe hoppers. By this construction the hoods are adapted to be turned so as to dispose the discharge-spouts 25there of at any desired angle, according tothe distance which it is necessary to throw the grain from the shovels in order to properly load the car or vessel with the' grain. vIt willbe understood by reference to Fig. 3 of the drawings that the said spouts 25 of the hoods are at the lower sides of the latter and eccentricL ally disposed with reference to the revoluble shovels.

It will be noted that the hoppers discharge the grain through the spouts 13 at the centers of the revoluble shovels, and hence the grain as it falls from the said spouts is caught and thrown centrifugally by the revolving blades of the shovels, and the grain is fed evenly to all of the blades of the shovels, thus securing uniformity in the operation thereof. The deiiected outer portions of the blades enable the latter to readily clear the grain as the grain moves centrifugally on the said blades.

Having thus described my invention, I claiml. In a car-loader of the class described, the combination of a hopper having` a dischargeopening in one side, a revolubly-adjustable hood on said side of the hopper, opposite said discharge-opening, said hood having a circular flange bearing against the side of the hopper and provided further with a dischargespout, au annular ange on the side of the hopper and engaging the flange of the hood,

thereby adjustably connecting the latter to the hopper, and a revoluble shovel in said hood, substantially as described.

2. In a car-loader, of the class described, the combination of a revoluble shovel having blades provided with openings 10 at their inner corners and discharging means having a spout projectinginto the said openings in said blades, substantially as described.

3. In a car-loader of the class described the com bination of a hopper or the like grain-dis charging meanshavinga projectingspout,and a revoluble shovel comprising a pair of heads and blades connecting the said heads, one of said heads having an opening through which said spout extends and revolving around the said spout, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES L. ROBERTS.

Witnesses:

CLEMETH J. COX, JOHN NEIFING. 

